MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

24.02.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

EMBASSY OF UNITED STATES, NEW DELHI

 

 

Registered Office :

U.S. Embassy, Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Year of Establishment

Not Available

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Not Available

 

 

Legal Form :

Government Oraganisation

 

 

Line of Business :

Not Available

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a government organisation owned by the United States Government. Credibility of the subject is high. Payments are reported to be regular and as per commitments.

 

Subject can be considered good for normal business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2011)

Current Rating

(30.09.2011)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

U.S. Embassy, Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-24198000

Fax No.:

91-11-24190017

E-mail :

infousdelhi@vfshelpline.com

infousdelhi@vfshelpline.com

acsnd@state.gov

NDwebmail@state.gov

NDwebmail@state.gov 

Website :

http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov

 

 

American Center 1 :

24, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi – 110001, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-2347-2000

 

 

American Center 2 :

38/A, Jawahar Lal Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700071, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-2288-1200

E-Mail :

KolkataPAS@state.gov

Website :

http://kolkata.usconsulate.gov

 

 

American Center 3 :

No. 220, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600006, Tamil Nadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-2857-4000

E-Mail :

chennairefdesk@state.gov

Website:

http://chennai.usconsulate.gov

 

 

Consulate General 1:

5/1, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata- 700071, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-3984-2400

Fax No.:

91-33-2282-2335

E-Mail :

KolkataPAS@state.gov

Website :

http://kolkata.usconsulate.gov

 

 

Consulate General 2:

No. 220, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600006, Tamil Nadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-2857-4000

E-Mail :

chennairefdesk@state.gov

Website:

http://chennai.usconsulate.gov

 

 

Consulate General 3:

C-49, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai – 400051, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-2672-4000

E-Mail :

mumbaipublicaffairs@state.gov

Website :

http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov

 

 

Consulate General 4:

Paigah Palace, 1-8-323, Chiran Fort Lane, Begumpet, Secunderabad – 500003, Andhra Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-40-40338300

E-Mail :

HyderabadPA@state.gov

Website :

http://hyderabad.usconsulate.gov

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

NOT AVAILABLE

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Website Details

 

Biography

 

A. Peter Burleigh served as Ambassador and Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations from August 1997 until December 1999.  He was Charge of the Mission from September 1998 to August 1999.  Ambassador Burleigh represented the United States in the Security Council, the General Assembly, and at other major United Nations bodies.  During his period in charge, the Security Council considered the Iraq, Kosovo, and East Timor crises along with many African issues.

 

Immediately prior to his New York post, Peter Burleigh served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives (1995-1997).  Ambassador Burleigh has held senior positions at the State Department including: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Personnel (1992-1995), Coordinator of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, with the rank of Ambassador (1991-1992), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1989-1991); and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (1987-1989), with primary responsibilities for the Persian Gulf region.  From 1985-1987 he headed the State Department office responsible for Iran and Iraq and, earlier in his career, he was deputy director for Saudi Arabia and the Gulf emirates.  He has served in United States embassies in Nepal, Bahrain, and India, as well as Sri Lanka.

 

Peter Burleigh was born in Los Angeles, California on March 7, 1942 and graduated from Hollywood High School.  He received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University in 1963, majoring in anthropology and sociology. He served in the Peace Corps (1963-1965) in Nepal, doing community development work in the far west of that country. He is fluent in Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, and Sinhalese.

 

Ambassador Burleigh joined the Foreign Service of the United States in 1967, after spending a year as a Fulbright scholar in Nepal.  He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, and the American Foreign Service Association. He retired after 33 years of service in August 2000. In October 2000, he was awarded the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Medal and in December 2000, he was designated for a Presidential Distinguished Service Award by President Clinton.

 

Peter Burleigh was Ambassador-in-Residence and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Miami, 2004-2008.  He taught two courses, World Affairs and International Organizations, in the professional master's degree program in international administration (MAIA) at the University of Miami.  He also lectured at the university on such topics as Asian religions (Hinduism and Buddhism) and humanitarian intervention in world crises, e.g. Darfur.  

 

In 2009, Ambassador Burleigh served as Chargé d'Affaires a.i. at the Subject and has worked as a Senior Advisor to the Carter Center in Nepal (2006-2011).  He also serves on the Board of the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust.

 

The American Embassy

The American Embassy in New Delhi stands as an example of Indian-American collaboration in design and craftsmanship, symbolic of the long friendship between India and the United States.

In designing the Embassy complex, Architect Edward D. Stone, also the designer of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., sought to capture the best in South Asian architecture and blend it with modern Western concepts. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright called it one of the finest buildings in the last hundred years.

Planning of the Embassy complex began in the early 1950’s with allocation of a 28-acre site in the Chanakyapuri (Diplomatic Enclave) area of New Delhi. The Embassy complex includes the Chancery, the Roosevelt House (official residence of the U.S. Ambassador), office space and living accommodations.

In September 1, 1956, the Chief Justice of the United States, Earl Warren, laid the corner stone and he expressed the hope that the structure would become “a temple of peace”.

The building was formally opened in January 5, 1959 in the presence of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and other distinguished guests. At the opening ceremony Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker said: "To me this building is symbolic of what can be achieved through the cooperation of our two countries. From beginning to end it has been a joint venture."

Press Release

U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman (Transcript of Media Availability)

New Delhi | January 20, 2012

First of all, thank you all very much for coming out this morning. May I also thank the Government of India for all of the hospitality that we have been shown during the day today.

I am on a trip that has taken me so far first to Turkey, then to Saudi Arabia, to the United Arab Emirates, and here today to India. I had the opportunity today to call on the Foreign Secretary and I appreciated that very much. I also look very much forward to seeing my counterpart S.K. Lambah here in a few minutes, and then I have the honor to be received this afternoon by the National Security Advisor.

We have made this trip in support of Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation and so after New Delhi this evening we are going to Kabul.  I will have the opportunity to visit with the leadership of the Government of Afghanistan and particularly President Karzai tomorrow night.  After our meeting with President Karzai, we will decide what to do next because we take his guidance and advice in an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led process.

As I say we were very much honored to be able to spend some time with the Foreign Secretary this morning. We reviewed the situation in Afghanistan and I appreciated his desire to continue this conversation between the United States and India on this important subject.  And so, with that I will be glad to take a few questions.

Q: Ambassador Grossman, was Pakistan discussed with the Foreign Secretary, and also, will it be discussed with the National Security Advisor?  How worried is the United States of America with the developments in Pakistan?

A: First of all, let me just say obviously that the Indian government can speak for itself about the question of Pakistan, but what I would say is that of course we follow issues of Pakistan carefully, the relationship between Pakistan and the United States is very important.  Pakistan, the government of Pakistan, the Parliament of Pakistan have asked for some time to reassess and reevaluate the relationship with the United States.  I respect that.  They have asked for time, to give them space, to have that reevaluation and I respect that. What I say is that when Pakistan is ready to reengage in a dialogue with the United States, we’re glad to do so at any time and at any place.

Q: As a supplementary to this Ambassador, stability is very low in Pakistan at the moment, tension between the army and the civilian government.  Do you feel there is a cause for some tension in the subcontinent?

A: We have, I think been quite clear from the podium in Washington about our views on this. We support the civilian government in Pakistan and democracy in Pakistan.  But you know, this is a question for the Pakistanis, this is an internal question for them.  They have their own ways of going forward and, so I wouldn’t comment any further on their internal developments.  I will take one more.

Q:  Were you disappointed that you were not allowed to go to Pakistan?

A:  As I said to your colleague, the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Parliament has taken time to reevaluate its relationship with the United States.  And I want to repeat, I respect that. They have asked for space to do that, I respect that. And so when they are ready to have a conversation, I’m ready at any time, at any place.

Q:  One last question, Ambassador Grossman. The ramifications of these developments on Afghanistan – how worried are you and what are you looking at in terms of repercussions in Afghanistan?

A:  Well, obviously, the issues of the relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan are hugely important. We’d like to continue to be in close conversation with the Pakistanis on that issue as well. Obviously what happens between Afghanistan and Pakistan is extremely important. We encourage dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan. We’d like again to get into the meeting of the Core Group -- Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States -- because I think a conversation about all these things is really necessary.

Thank you all very much.  Thanks so much.


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                              None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.49.25

UK Pound

1

Rs.77.19

Euro

1

Rs.65.29

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

-

NB

                                       New Business

-

 

 

 

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